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stairhead

[ stair-hed ]

noun

  1. the top of a staircase; top landing.


stairhead

/ ˈstɛəˌhɛd /

noun

  1. the top of a flight of stairs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stairhead1

First recorded in 1525–35; stair + head
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Example Sentences

When tired of this occupation, I would retire from the stairhead to the solitary and silent nursery: there, though somewhat sad, I was not miserable.

When he reached the open air, he threw his bundle down upon the ground, and then turned an ear to listen at the stairhead.

I took my candle in my hand and crept to the stairhead.

Then, above the stairhead, across the longer hall, appeared the helmet of a policeman.

“Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.”

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